Kia has just announced a special edition 2011 Kia Hamster Soul, which will be available to order later this spring. The 2011 Kia Hamster Soul celebrates the successful ‘This or That’ commercial and features the following: Body colored bumpers. Sport rear spoiler. Black 18-inch alloy wheels. Black fender vents w/ side marker repeater. Rear bumper [...]
The funky Kia Soul has been with us for about three years now and as a result, Kia debuted the mid-cycle refresh of its hip Scion xB competitor next to 2012 Rio and Rio5 hatch earlier today at the 2011 New York Auto Show. Other than the usual visual cues such as new LED projector [...]
With seven new product launches within the past two years, Kia is experiencing some significant growth. At the 2011 New York Auto Show next week, Kia will build on that momentum with two world debut of new and fuel-efficient 2012 model year vehicles. The first will be the 2012 Kia Rio sedan and Rio5 hatchback, [...]
Are you in the market for a new car but have no idea what you want? NADAguides is here to help with their annual Must Consider List for 2011. “The annual NADAguides Must Consider List provides consumers with unique vehicles that may not necessarily be at the top of consumers’ minds, but have definitely earned [...]
Earlier this year, Kia announced that it has chosen golfer Michelle Wie, 20, as its brand”s official ambassador and spokeswoman. Here is Wie’s first commercial with Kia and the Soul and well… we think we have to spend more time watching golf. Hit the jump for the commercial.
Apparently Kia takes recalls a lot more seriously than Toyota and Akio Toyoda. The Korean automaker announced today that its top executive, Chung Sung-eun, has resigned after the company recalled more than 100,000 vehicles worldwide over defective wiring. Chung, who was vice chairman and CEO of Kia, stepped down from his position on Friday, said [...]
Kia Motors America announced today that it will be issuing a recall of about 35,000 Sorento and Soul models due to a faulty wiring harness issue that could potentially cause fires. The bulk of the recalled vehicles includes about 23,972 2010 Soul compact crossovers equipped with a feature which illuminates speakers in the door panel, [...]
The Kia Soul is going through a really hard time right now with the NHTSA opening a preliminary inquiry into possible steering loss on the compact car. Kia said that it is actively cooperating with NHTSA and is working with its supply base to track down what caused a driver to lose all steering ability [...]
It was reported yesterday that the NHTSA has opened a preliminary inquiry into possible steering loss on the 2010 Kia Soul. The move came after a single incident involving a 2-month old Soul had steering failure without warning. Kia Motors America said that it is working with its supply base and is reviewing the manufacturing [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that it has opened a preliminary inquiry into possible steering loss on the 2010 Kia Soul. Surprisingly the NHTSA has received just one complaint on the vehicle that claims “the steering shaft de-coupled from the hand wheel resulting in a complete loss of steering capability.” The complaint goes on [...]
